Well played, Brian. I recently watched a Star Trek episode about a planet on which there was rioting in the streets at 6 p.m. every day because of a super computer. Thankfully, Kirk and Spock were there to outsmart it. Considering they are both 82 years old now, I figured I'd better handle this myself. Thus, the Broncos are No. 1 in the Power Rankings. Oh, and also, they're simply blowing out teams. How about the special teams Sunday?

Meanwhile, several other clubs are less than special, making the bottom of these rankings ugly. Three Sunday losers moved up just by being competitive, but then there's one 0-4 team that isn't even staying in games. Otherwise, the No. 6 through 27 spots are completely up for grabs -- and that's where we figure to get the disputes. Per the usual, feel free to share your opinion ... @Harrison_NFL is the place.

The
Broncos are averaging 44.8 points per game, 13 more than the next closest team. Only the 1966
Dallas Cowboys scored more points (183) through the first four weeks of a season. That team featured a little-known 22-year-old tailback who tied for the league lead with 16 total touchdowns. His name? Dan Reeves. Yes,
that Dan Reeves, the one who took the
Broncos to three
Super Bowls as a coach -- the very pinnacle to which Denver aspires this season. How's that for historical symmetry?

We haven't seen anything like
Drew Brees' line
Monday night -- completing 30 of 39 passes for 413 yards, four touchdowns and zero interceptions -- since "QB
Bills" was slinging it around in
Tecmo Super Bowl. That was another impressive showing from the
Saints' defense, by the way.

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4-0CHIEFS

3

That's the NFL these days: The
Chiefs go from 2-14 to 4-0. So was Romeo Crennel that awful as a head coach, or is
Andy Reid the chubby
Gandalf?

The answer: Probably neither. The difference between good and bad teams is so slim that turnarounds consisting of a 6-8 win improvement -- à la the
Colts last season -- happen. It helps when
Alex Smith converts nine third downs and runs for 37 yards, as he did for Kansas City
on Sunday. He's now scampered 30 times for 151 yards on the season.

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3-1COLTS

3

Nice recovery after a mediocre first two weeks for
Andrew Luck and the
Colts. Granted,
Sunday's win came against the Jags, but 37-3 is 37-3.

So you want an idea of how big a threat this Indianapolis football team truly is? We'll see what happens when
the Seahawks come to town this weekend. Let's hope Luck doesn't channel his inner Schaub.

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3-1LIONS

8

Would you believe the
Lions, losers of their last
eight games of 2012, are 3-1 and in FIRST place in the NFC North? For all the love being thrown the
Chiefs' way -- and deservedly so -- Detroit has made a comeback almost as strong as Kansas City's. The key here is that while the
Chiefs probably won't topple the
Broncos in the AFC West, the
Lions have as good a shot as the
Packers or
Bears to win their division. We'll learn a lot
Sunday at Lambeau.

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3-1DOLPHINS

1

Let's not overreact.
The Dolphins lost to an undefeated
Saints team, in the hostile Superdome, with multiple guys hurting on defense. Of course, it's pretty tough to win with four turnovers, too.

In a key early sequence against the
Lions, Cutler missed an open
Martellus Bennett in the end zone, then failed to get the back-shoulder fade high enough for
Alshon Jeffery. And we're not even getting to Cutler's three interceptions.

Miller, by the way, is a beast. He made several big blocks, like
on this play. And he can catch the football, too. Old. School.

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2-2BENGALS

5

Some narratives just won't go away.
Andy Dalton might look effective in practice or on "Hard Knocks,"
but not in games. He's still not producing the big plays downfield for the
Bengals.

In 42 attempts Sunday, Dalton threw for 206 yards -- not even 5 yards per attempt. After passing 148 times this season, Dalton has accumulated just 1,003 yards, or less than 7 yards per throw. That won't win many games, unless the defense bails him out (as it did
in Week 3). Maybe Cincinnati can swing a trade with Cleveland for
Brian Hoyer.

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1-2PACKERS

2

The
Packers drop slightly after their bye week, only because the 3-1
Lions (who won another game) and the
49ers (who
already beat Green Bay) leapfrogged them. Week 4 was an appropriate time for a bye, as Green Bay has several injuries to contend with, starting in the backfield.

Here's something for all you franchise historians out there: Did you know that the
Packers were the subject of the first game NFL Films ever shot? If you missed it when it aired on NFL Network, be sure to find "
A Football Life: Steve Sabol." It's excellent.

In other news, the
Titans' defense recorded five sacks and four takeaways
against the Jets on Sunday, allowing 13 points and scoring a touchdown,
courtesy of Karl Klug. Not bad.
Karl Klug: You can't stop him, you can only
hope to contain him. Enjoyed hearing Terry Bradshaw call him "Klawg." That's always fun.

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2-2BILLS

8

Don't have an energy drink in Buffalo on Sundays; you just might flat-line.

You might not know this -- that is, unless you're a
Texans fan -- but
Matt Schaub has a rare streak going: He's thrown a pick-six in three straight games. That's like a pitcher giving up grand slams in three straight starts.

With upcoming games against the
49ers,
Chiefs and
Colts -- teams that won their Week 4 matchups by a combined score of 103-21 -- Houston hardly can afford more Schaub turnovers.

There's a huge difference between 2-2 and the abyss of 1-3. San Diego certainly can play with Kansas City in the AFC West.

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2-2COWBOYS

6

Hate to say it, but coaching failed
the Cowboys on Sunday in San Diego -- which, considering all the cheering going on for the visiting team, actually felt more like Dallas. But we digress.

First, the
Cowboys failed to adjust on defense;
Bruce Carter and
Sean Lee were consistently left to cover
Antonio Gates, who caught 10 passes for 136 yards and one touchdown.
Jason Garrett's decision to attempt a 56-yard field goal on grass (rather than punt or go for it on fourth down) midway through the second quarter was an equally significant mistake, as
Dan Bailey's miss gave the
Chargers premium field position and, ultimately, a field goal of their own. Those three points loomed large at the end, when the
Cowboys were scrambling for two scores instead of just pushing for one.

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1-3FALCONS

6

The 1-3
Falcons are still one of the league's better teams, but this is not the
same team that started 2012 with an 8-0 record.

The Atlanta defense was chasing a lot of jerseys in the second half of Sunday night's
loss to the Patriots. Yes, that happened at times last season. But there's a key difference: Receiver
Roddy White clearly is not healthy, which means opponents can single-cover him. Thus,
Julio Jones often faces a defensive back over the top and underneath, and the offense is forced to go through tight end
Tony Gonzalez. Gonzalez obviously can make ridiculous plays in coverage, but it's tough to win that way.

Great team win for Cleveland.
"Hoyer-to-Cameron" is starting to resemble "Fouts-to-Winslow", "Sipe-to-Newsome" and "Anyone-to-Gonzalez." Don't you wish the
Browns would decide to tank it
every year? This is fantastic.

Peterson intercepted two balls in the last three minutes and change -- the first to set up the Cards' first touchdown, the second to seal the deal.
Watch the first pick again; that was a big-time play, the way he established position on
Vincent Jackson. Then he completed the catch. #clutch

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1-3EAGLES

3

All the enthusiasm sparked by that
opening-night win and the prospect of
Chip Kelly changing the NFL is starting to wane now. That's what happens when the defense is, uh, less than viable. This is a point
we raised early on, and it will be relevant until the
Eagles prove they can hold the fort.

Coming into
last Sunday's matchup in Denver, Philadelphia ranked 31st in the NFL in forcing three-and-out drives, doing it on just 10.5 percent of opponents' possessions. Safe to say that number didn't improve much against the
Broncos.

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2-2JETS

3

The
Jets resumed "Campaign 2013: Ugly Football" in Tennessee with some of the same mistakes that made their
Week 3 win over the Bills too close for comfort. Lost in the aftermath of
Sunday's mess is the fact the
Jets can play on defense, particularly against the run. Of course, when the offense turns the ball over four times ... well, you get the point. A little ball security and some healthy receivers would make a huge difference for this New York team, which is not as bad as everyone thinks (or as it looks).

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1-3REDSKINS

1

Here's resilience: You're 0-3 and your franchise quarterback doesn't look right. You're on the road, and you go three-and-out on the first series. You go three-and-out again. Then, the ensuing punt gets blocked for a touchdown, and just like that, you're down 7-zip. Washington fans were slipping into panic mode when that happened
Sunday at Oakland. But the players didn't.

Minnesota is back in the win column and -- thankfully --
Greg Jennings is back to being involved in an NFL offense. Jennings has been so absent this season that your hack of a writer nearly dropped him from his fantasy team. Jennings' line from London was stellar: three catches for 92 yards and two scores. That's a lot of bang for the buck -- something the
Vikings hadn't been receiving from the $17.8 million they guaranteed Jennings back in March.

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1-3RAMS

4

There's not much hiding the fact that St. Louis has been outscored by 48 points over the past two weeks. What's particularly embarrassing is the complete lack of a running game. Gaining 35 yards on 12 carries against Dallas certainly was bad enough, but running 19 times for just 18 yards
at home against the Niners?
Rams fans must be pretty frustrated.

Against the Redskins on Sunday, we saw why the
Dolphins took a pass on
Matt Flynn in the spring of 2012, why
Russell Wilson beat him out for the
Seahawks' starting job last August, and why Oakland rolled with
Terrelle Pryor this year. Flynn doesn't have the mobility to evade a lot of sacks or make plays on the run, and he doesn't exactly make up for it by being careful with the football. The pick-six collected by
David Amerson was the result of a horrible decision by Flynn, and it changed the complexion of the game.

I'll tell you what, though: This
Raiders defense has potential. The unit was
not the reason this team fell Sunday.

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0-4GIANTS

3

We agonized over the
Giants' position. Considering this essentially is the same group that won
Super Bowl XLVI and went 9-7 last season, New York would have to be 29th or 30th, right? Nope, can't do it. The
Giants -- who have been outscored 69-7 over the past two weeks -- HAVE to be 31st.

Perhaps throwing over two-thirds of the time isn't working. The running game showed a little juice
Sunday at Arrowhead. We know
David Wilson has his fumble problems, but right now, giving the offense a different look by putting the ball in his belly would be worth the risk.

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0-4JAGUARS

OK, Power Rankings peeps, we've tried like heck to find something wonderful to write about the
Jaguars, which is like attempting to write a glowing review for
"2012", John Cusack notwithstanding. That said, can the
Blaine Gabbert experiment end now?
On Sunday, he made his 26th career start for Jacksonville, and there apparently has been zero development in his game.

Forget the three interceptions versus the
Colts. Gabbert's career passer rating is well below 70, and yet he's out there starting. Now, back to those three interceptions. The coaching staff told Gabbert
to play more "loose." Well, he did. Jags fans deserve a better product than this.